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jz4analytics
12 Jul 2015, 09:37
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It is obvious that SC is the biggest drag on my score. I just took one of the official CATs and scored a 700 (48Q, 38V, 8IR). My GMAT is in two weeks. The Q and IR are fine, but I need to improve that V score, and MOST of my wrong answers are SC ones!
This is what I got right on verbal:
CR = 7/11
SC = 10/17
RC = 12/13
That's right... 7 out of my 12 incorrect verbal questions were SC.
I also think that my CR questions were harder than the SC. SC has always given me the most trouble. I usually get down to two answer choices, but almost half the time I can't distinguish between those two.
I need to spend the next two weeks focusing on SC... how can I best spend that time?
This is what I got right on verbal:
CR = 7/11
SC = 10/17
RC = 12/13
That's right... 7 out of my 12 incorrect verbal questions were SC.
I also think that my CR questions were harder than the SC. SC has always given me the most trouble. I usually get down to two answer choices, but almost half the time I can't distinguish between those two.
I need to spend the next two weeks focusing on SC... how can I best spend that time?
12 Jul 2015, 13:26
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Hi jz4analytics,
How well do you know the grammar, idiom and style rules that the GMAT routinely tests? From the little that you describe about your process for dealing with SCs, you 'narrow it down to 2' but then have to 'guess.' That 'method' is not a particularly great way of dealing with SCs overall. You might benefit from putting some time into grammar review and pattern-matching the common rules that the GMAT tests.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
How well do you know the grammar, idiom and style rules that the GMAT routinely tests? From the little that you describe about your process for dealing with SCs, you 'narrow it down to 2' but then have to 'guess.' That 'method' is not a particularly great way of dealing with SCs overall. You might benefit from putting some time into grammar review and pattern-matching the common rules that the GMAT tests.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
jz4analytics
12 Jul 2015, 13:33
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When I reviewed the SC I got wrong on the official CAT this morning, I noticed that on almost all of the questions I was confidently able to eliminate three choices but the other two would look very similar to me. I had a lot of, "Oh, I was considering that one, too" moments when I looked at the correct answers. Maybe one of my weaknesses is idioms (or rhetorical construction?) as I'm good at noticing logical parallelism, subject/verb agreement, pronouns, etc...
